Ash and trash receptacle



April 28, 1970 G. w. WYANT 3,508,703

ASH AND TRASH RECEPTACLE Filed NOV. 21, 1967 al 25 '718 20 /4 f2 /5 /Nvsuron GW WyANr United States Patent O 3,508,703 ASH AND TRASH RECEPTACLE Gerald W. Wyant, 4343 Mayfair Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Canada Filed Nov. 21, 1967, Ser. No. 684,665 Claims priority, application Canada, Dec. 1, 1966, 6 9

Inf. ci. Az4f 19/08 U.S. Cl. 232-43.2 2 Claims ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to ash and trash receptacles of the type which can be mounted on a wall at convenient locations such as the vestibules of public buildings etc.

At the present time it is the practice to set ash and trash receptacles on the oor and such receptacles usually stand at least two feet high and therefore are bulky and take up valuable oor space. In addition, when the oor is being cleaned it is necessary to move the receptacles about at great inconvenience.

The present invention consists essentially of a two part receptacle which is mountable on a wall at convenient locations and does not take up valuable oor space. The two part receptacle consists of an outer member open at the bottom and removably mounted on a shallow depth wall bracket. The top surface of the outer member is provided with a xed, downwardly sloping wall extending inwardly from the front of the receptacle partway towards the rear of the receptacle. A downwardly sloping pivoted flip member closes the gap in the top of the receptacle. This flip member has a downwardly sloping wall and is balanced so that the sloping wall for-ms with the xed sloping wall, a longitudinally extending U-shaped depression at the top of the receptacle into which ash and trash can be deposited. The flip member can be readily depressed to permit deposited ash and trash to fall down into an inner container which is in the form of an open top box. This inner container is provided with a longitudinally disposed inverted U-shaped mounting clip secured to one side wall and which is engageable in an open top U-shaped clip on an adjacent side of the outer member. The inner container is provided on its underside with a hand-grip by means of which the inner container can be raised out of its clip engagement with the outer member and be lowered free when the unit has to be serviced by removing ash and trash from the inner container. The mounting of the receptacle on a wall is accomplished by means of a three sided shroud or housing on the rear wall of the outer member engaging with the top and sides of a wall bracket. A flat spring mounted on the rear wall of the outer member has its free end engaging with an offset in the Wall bracket to hold the receptacle firmly in place against unauthorized removal. The receptacle can be removed from the wall bracket by a flat instrument, such as a screw driver inserted upwards between the outer member and the wall bracket to disengage the free end of the spring from the wall bracket.

The object of the invention is to provide an ash and trash receptacle, which is neat in appearance, for mount- 3,508,703 Patented Apr. 28, 1970 ing on walls of public buildings etc., and which can be serviced with a minimum of effort.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ash and trash receptacle in which an inner container is readily removable to permit the contents to be disposed of without the necessity of removing the outer portion of the receptacle from its wall mounting.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ash `and trash receptacle which is provided with a top depressed ash and trash receiving surface, a portion of which is in the form of a ip member permitting the deposited ash and trash to drop down into an inner removable container.

These and other objects of the invention will be readily apparent from the following detailed specification and the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of an ash and trash receptacle according to the present invention, showing the pivoted flip member depressed to permit deposited material to drop down into an inner container.

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the receptacle shown in FIG. 1 with the inner container partly broken away to show the inner surfaces of the top of the outer member.

FIG. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the receptacle shown in FIG. 1 with the pivoted flip member in its nor mal closed position and showing the wall mounting of the receptacle.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 but showing the receptacle unmounted and with the pivoted flip member pivoted to provide an opening into the inner container.

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view taken from either FIGS. 3 or 4 showing the clip means for engaging the inner container Iwith the outer member.

Referring to the drawings, the ash and trash receptacle 5 consists of an outer member 6 and an inner container 7.

The outer member 6 is preferably rectangular in shape and has front, back and side walls 8, 9 and 10 respectively. The top wall of the outer member 6 is in the form of a peripheral flange 11; a fixed, downwardly sliping wall 12 extending rearwardly from the flange 11 adjacent the front wall 8 for approximately two thirds the distance towards the rear wall 9. The ends 13 of the sloping wall 12 are supported on the side brackets 14 projecting downwardly from the inner facing edges of the flange 11 adjacent the end walls 10. The side brackets 14 are secured to the front wall 8 at 15 and to the slightly angled stop wall 16 at the rear.

A flip member 17 is pivotally mounted on the side brackets 14 by means of the rivets 18. The flip member 17 consists of a bottom angled wall 19 and a pair of side brackets 20 and is so balanced on its rivet pivots 18 that the bottom longitudinal edge 21 of the wall 19 normally swings into contact with the bottom longitudinal edge 22 of the fixed wall 12 as seen in FIGS. 2 and 3. The top edges of the side brackets 20 are inturned at 23 to provide a convenient surface at each end of the receptacle whereby the ip member 17 can be depressed in the manner shown in FIG. 1 to permit material deposited in the receptacle to fall down into the inner container 7 through an opening 24 as seen in FIGS. 1 and 4.

The outer member 6 is open at the bottom to enable the inner container 7 to be inserted freely as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

The inner container 7 is in the form of an open top box having front, rear, end and bottom walls 25, 26, 27 and 28 respectively. An inverted U-shaped, longitudinally disposed clip 29 is located on the outer surface of the rear wall 26 of the inner container 7 and is adapted to engage with the U-shaped clip 30 on the inner facing surface of the rear wall 9 of the outer member 6 in order to hold the inner container in the position shown. The length of the inner container 7 is such that its end walls 27 are located lbetween the side brackets 14 and the end walls 10 of the outer member 6, with the side brackets 14 extending down into the inner container in the manner shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 so that the brackets 14 form side guide surfaces preventing spillage of the ash and trash over the ends of the inner container 7.

The longitudinal edges 21 and 22 and the longitudinal edge 31 of the flip member 17 are preferably turned over to form smooth safety edges to eliminate cutting of fingers when the device is used as in stubbing out cigarette ends.

The ash and trash receptacle is mounted on any convenient wall surface 32 in any suitable manner and is here illustrated as having a wall bracket 33 secured to the wall surface 32 by means of the screws 34. This wall bracket has its vertical edges turned outwards at 35. A shroud or housing 36 is in the form of an angie member 37 forming an inverted U secured to the outer surface of the rear Wall 9 of the outer member 6 of the recep` tacle and is adapted to engage with the top horizontal edge 3S and with the inturned vertical edges 35 of the Wall bracket 33 in the manner shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

The receptacle 5 is locked in place in the wall bracket 33 by means of a fiat steel spring 39 whose lower end 40 is Secured to the rear wall 9 of the outer member 6 in any suitable manner, as by the clip 41. The spring 39 is disposed vertically and its free end 42 projects outwardly beyond the outer vertical plane of the shroud or housing f 36 as seen in FIG. 4. The surface of the wall bracket 33 is indented to provide a ridge 43 under which the free end 42 of the spring 39 engages and so holds the receptacle firmly on the wall bracket 33 in the manner shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The spring 39 can be disengaged from the ridge 43 by inserting a fiat tool such as a screw driver upwards between the spring and the adjacent surface of the wall bracket, forcing the spring towards the adjacent wall of the outer member 6 and so permit the receptacle to be raised up out of engagement with the wall bracket.

In order to assist in removing the inner container 7 from the inside of the receptacle 5 an angle bracket 44 is spot welded to the outer surface of the bottom wall 28. This angle bracket 44 can be used as a hand-grip to hold the inner container 7 as it is raised out of engagement with the clip prior to lowering out of the outer member 6.

In the use of the invention when mounted on a wall surface in the manner described, the device is held firmly both longitudinally and vertically by means of the wall mounting bracket and spring arrangement and therefore cannot readily be removed.

The fixed sloping top surface 12 extending longi' tudinally at the front of the device will, of course, receive most of the ash and trash deposited and will be a convenient rigid surface on which to stub-out lighted cigars and cigarettes. The rearward flip member 17 is carefully balanced so that its longitudinal edge 21 is normally in :contact with the adjacent edge 22 of the rigid sloping surface 12. Slight pressure on the end surfaces 23 of the ip member 17 will pivot that member away from the fixed surface 12 and so permit ash and trash to fall down through the opening 2-4 into the inner container 7. The slope of the surface 12 and of the surface 19 of the flip member is such that material deposited will readily slide down and pass through the opening 24 when the ilip member is pivotally moved to form the opening 24.

The inner container 7 is readily removed for disposal of its contents without disturbing the mounting of the outer member `6 on the wall bracket and the spring 29 ensures that the position of the outer member will not be disturbed in the process.

What I claim is:

1. An ash and trash receptacle for mounting on a wall, comprising an open bottom outer member and an open top inner container, the top surface of said outer member having a fixed downwardly sloping wall extending partially across the top of the member and a pivotally mounted flip member balanced to normally contact the lower edge of the fixed downwardly sloping wall and, when pressed, to rotate about its pivot mounting to leave a gap between it and the adjacent edge of the downwardly sloping wall, said inner container being adapted to be inserted through the open bottom of said outer member and partially about said fixed downwardly sloping wall and fiip member, means to removably mount said inner container within said outer member, and wall mounting means provided on said outer member for mounting said receptacle on a wall bracket, said outer member and inner container being rectangular in shape with each having front and rear Vertical walls and end Vertical walls, said downwardly sloping wall and flip member being mounted on said brackets spaced inwardly from the end walls of the outer member, the end walls of said inner container being located between said end brackets and the end Walls of the outer member when said container is mounted within the outer member, said wall mounting means including a wall bracket plate having vertical ends turned outwards at right angles to the plane of the plate, an inverted U-shaped housing on the outer surface of the rear wall of said outer member, said housing being adapted to slide over and engage a top horizontal edge and vertical ends of said wall bracket plate, and a spring mounted on the outer facing surface of lthe rear wall of Said outer member and engaging an indentation in the adjacent face of said wall bracket to prevent sliding disengagement of the receptacle from said wall bracket.

2. An ash and trash receptacle for mounting on a wall, comprising an open bottom outer member and an open top inner container, the top surface of said outer member having a fixed downwardly sloping wall extending partially across the top of the member and a pivotally mounted ip member balanced to normally contact the lower edge of the fixed downwardly sloping wall and, when pressed, to rotate about its pivot mounting to leave a gap between it and the adjacent edge of the downwardly sloping wall, means to removably mount said inner container within said outer member, said outer member having a rear vertical wall, and said wall mounting means including a wall bracket plate having vertical ends turned outwards at right angles to the plane of the plate, an inverted U-shaped housing on the outer surface of the rear Wall of said outer member, said housing being adapted to slide over and engage a top horizontal edge and vertical ends of said wall bracket plate, and a spring mounted on the outer facing surface of the rear wall of said outer member and engaging an indentation in the adjacent face of said wall bracket to prevent sliding disengagement of the receptacle from said wall bracket.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 602,195 4/1898 Pfau 248-224 1,03 7,625 9/ 1912 Hofer 220-20.5 2,021,723 11/ 1935 Grunwald 220-20.5 2,319,725 5/ 1943 Drinkwater 232-43.1 3,051,427 8 1962 Alvarez 248-224 3,075 ,692 1/ 1963 Lumley 23 2-43.2 3 ,202,292 8/ 1965 Deliso 248-224 FRANCIS K. ZUGEL, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 22o-20.5 

